Dave-

I am hopeful that the fragment may be among the unpublished poems in the manuscript that Danny got from a book dealer in Sydney. Otherwise this may be a very challenging search.

The line "Oh, wake her – oh, shake her!" is, of course, from the traditional shanty "Johnnie Went Down to Hilo.

The poem may well be a sister to "Rio Grande" which is found in SAILOR TOWN: Sea Songs & Ballads, 1919, pp. 28-29, or an earlier draft.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble